The gift will support staff positions and senior research scholars at the Middlebury Institute, positioning the Center to identify and address threats to national security.
At their annual May meeting in Middlebury, the trustees also approved a new school in Taiwan and elected new leaders to the board.
Longtime faculty member brings experience in academic leadership roles.
Grady Welsh ’24, a biology major and education studies minor, received the highly selective scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
The annual award was presented during a ceremony at McCardell Bicentennial Hall on May 3.
The new award of up to $50,000 goes to human rights and education activist Joseph Kaifala, a war survivor from Sierra Leone who has worked to bring about peace and stability following years of conflict.
An environmental justice major from Worcester, Massachusetts, will join 125 other Projects for Peace grant recipients as part of this year’s cohort.
The visiting assistant professor of studio art will spend the coming year working and creating at the American Academy in Rome.
A leading voice for climate action, Johnson is cofounder of the nonprofit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, coeditor of the bestselling climate anthology All We Can Save, coauthor of the Blue New Deal, and cocreator of the podcast How to Save a Planet.
The 30th annual Patrick J. Durkin, Class of 1979 awards recognized outstanding contributions to the community.
